最高

Chinese
(the) most; ‑est high; tall
trad. (最高) 最 高
simp. #(最高) 最 高

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 最 高
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 泰 (26) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 祖外切 古勞切
Baxter tswajH kaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡suɑiH/ /kɑu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡sʷɑiH/ /kɑu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡suɑiH/ /kɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡swajH/ /kaw/
Li
Rong		 /t͡suɑiH/ /kɑu/
Wang
Li		 /t͡suɑiH/ /kɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡suɑiH/ /kɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zuì gāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 zeoi3 gou1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 最 高
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zuì gāo
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tswajH › ‹ kaw ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ts]ˁot-s/ /*Cə.[k]ˁaw/
English collect; most high, tall

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 最 高
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 10645 3726
Phonetic
component		 取 高
Rime
group		 祭 宵
Rime
subdivision		 3 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 最 髙
Old
Chinese		 /*zloːds/ /*kaːw/

Adjective

最高

  1. highest; supreme; tallest; maximum; top
    最高學歷／最高学历  ―  zuìgāo xuélì  ―  highest qualification
    最高立法機關／最高立法机关  ―  zuìgāo lìfǎ jīguān  ―  top legislative body
    達到歷史最高／达到历史最高  ―  dádào lìshǐ zuìgāo  ―  to reach an all-time high
    最高人民法院  ―  Zuìgāo Rénmín Fǎyuàn  ―  The Supreme People's Court
    最高人民檢察院／最高人民检察院  ―  Zuìgāo Rénmín Jiǎncháyuàn  ―  The Supreme People's Procuratorate

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (最高):
  • → Japanese: 最高(さいこう) (saikō) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Korean: 최고(最高) (choego) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Vietnamese: tối cao (最高)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
最 高
さい
Grade: 4		 こう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

最 (sai-, “most”) +‎ 高 (kō, “high”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) さいこー [sàíkóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠iko̞ː]

Noun

最(さい)高(こう) • (saikō) 

  1. the highest; the best; supreme; the greatest
    Antonym: 最低 (saitei)

Derived terms
Derived terms

Common:

Uncommon:

Uncommon (continued):

Medical terms:

  • 最(さい)高(こう)血(けつ)圧(あつ) (saikōketsuatsu, “systolic blood pressure”)

Irregular reading:

Descendants

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
最高

Noun

最高 • (choego) (hangeul 최고)

  1. Hanja form? of 최고 (“the highest”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
最高

Adjective

最高

  1. chữ Hán form of tối cao (“highest; supreme”).
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